Category Archives: Music

UCTV – Philip Glass in conversation

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Victoria

UCTV out of Berkeley, CA has some of the best cultural programming you’ll find on television. Here’s a wonderful hour talk with the composer Philip Glass and the music critic Tim Page. In the mid ’60’s Glass studied in Paris … Continue reading →

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Play your own thing

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Victoria

…is the title of the DVD ‘A Story of Jazz in Europe’. I’ve been watching a slew of these inspiring disks about jazz, generously bestowed on me by a friend who worked at Rainbow Media. This one featured unfamiliar (to … Continue reading →

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It must schwing

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Victoria

A pal gave me the stunning DVD- BlueNote, A Story of Modern Jazz – guaranteed to make you jump up and schwing, to put it in Alfred Lion terms. Lion and his childhood friend Francis Wolff, built BlueNote into what it became … Continue reading →

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You gotta dance

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Victoria

I love all types of dance and lately, haven’t seen enough live performances. I watched ‘Something to Dance About‘ last night on PBS, a biography about Jerome Robbins. The choreographer who partnered with Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story, directed … Continue reading →

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Down to Earth, poetry and Hoots and Hellmouth

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Victoria

I met a wonderful poet online at Etsy, where I’ve recently begun selling small paintings. We were both featured in a fine art ‘Treasury’, put together by members. His poem ‘Compost’ is apropos for my lead-in to Buy Fresh, Buy Local’s benefit, … Continue reading →

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And now for a little night music

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Victoria

Andrew Bird performing Anonanimal at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

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Cheek to cheek

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Victoria

Ella and Louis singing Irving Berlin. Compliments of Dave Winer’s site, whom I discovered from my recent Twitter meanderings. His quote: ‘So the Internet is a history and heart machine. It’s love and life. Flirting, dancing, swing, and yeah kisses.’

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Brazilian music

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Victoria

Luciana Souza is the daughter of influential Brazilian musicians, the late Walter Santos and the poet/musician Tereza Souza. The two were composers in the original bossa nova movement, and they later went on to run both a recording studio, Nossoestudio, and a … Continue reading →

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what I’m listening to

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Victoria

grant writing music: Carla Bley - The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (2007) here’s a great interview with this fascinating composer. She’s fearless, even as she admits to being insecure onstage.   and Steve Swallow, one of the best bass players alive – … Continue reading →

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